Enda Kenny Enda Kenny President Enda Kenny TD is an Irish statesman who served as the country’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) from March, 2011 until June of last year, 2017. A member and leader of the Fine Gael political party, he previously served as a Cabinet Minister (Tourism and Trade 1994-97) and Minister of State (Education and Labour ’86-87). As the longest serving TD in Dáil Éireann, Enda Kenny was also Vice-President of Fine Gael’s European affiliate, the European People’s Party from 2006-2012. From Castlebar in the West of Ireland, Enda is a former primary school teacher and has served in a wide variety of Party and Parliamentary positions. During his tenure, he oversaw an unprecedented growth in Irish tourism and Ireland’s trade position internationally. As Minister he also chaired the European Union Council of Trade Ministers during Ireland’s Presidency, and he co-chaired the successful Singapore round of the World Trade Organisation talks in 1996. Through the fostering of international trade, Enda played a significant role in developing the economic boom that began in Ireland in from the late nineties on. In June 2018, Kenny was named 'Irish European of the Year' by the European Movement in Ireland, for “outstanding contribution to promoting and developing Ireland's place in Europe.” Enda Kenny has a keen interest in China and during an official State visit there in 2012, he noted: “Greater trade and cultural links will benefit both of our countries and will help to cement further the excellent relationship that already exists between China and [...]

Brendan McGrath ICI Board Member Brendan McGrath joined WuXi Biologics Ireland Ltd as Ireland Site Head and VP Manufacturing in April 2018. Brendan was the first WuXi Biologics employee in Ireland and is responsible for development of this green field project and will lead the site (MFG 6&7) when the site becomes operational in 2021. Brendan is a board member of WuXi Biologics Ireland Ltd and WuXi Vaccines Ireland Ltd. Before joining WuXi Biologics, Brendan served as Site Head of MSD Swords Ireland. His experience covers Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operational Excellence, Manufacturing and Procurement. He has participated in more than 30 regulatory inspections, including FDA, HPRA, ANVISA and Russian HA. Brendan McGrath is from Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and was conferred with a Bachelor of Engineering degree (Hons) from the National University of Galway Ireland, holds an ACCA Finance qualification and is a lean six sigma black belt. 首页 Brendan McGrath

中文网页正在建设中，请稍后再试 王黎明教授 ICI Board Member Born and brought up in China, Liming Wang worked for six and a half years (as a Deputy Division Director from 1986) for the Ministry of Commerce of PR China in Beijing following his primary degree obtained in 1982. In 1989, he completed an International MBA course in Sheffield Hallam University as a visiting student. He was subsequently awarded a visiting studentship from Queen’s University Belfast and, after completing his PhD in Economics, became a teaching and research fellow at Queen’s in 1995. From 2000, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the China Unit, which is primarily involved in managing the expansion and development of Queen’s links with China in teaching, research and joint programmes. Professor Wang was appointed as Director at the beginning of 2006 to establish and run the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies at UCD. He was also appointed as Director of UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland. Outside of UCD, Professor Wang is the Chairman of the Association for Chinese Studies in Ireland, the Secretary General of the Chinese Economic Association in Europe, a Board Director of the Institute of International Trade of Ireland (since 2010) and Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd (2011-2014). He has been a Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2002-2004), Anhui Normal University since 2003, a Haiju Chair Professor at Beijing University of Technology as well as a Distinguished Foreign Expert appointed by the Beijing Municipal Government since 2013 and a member of the Advisory [...]

玛丽 茹安 中文网页正在建设中，请稍后再试 玛丽 茹安 ICI Board Member Mary Ruane is the founding and former director of the UCD Applied Language Centre and is currently attached to the School of Asian Studies and the Confucius Institute University College Cork (UCC). Her interest in Chinese language and culture is long standing, and she has worked to promote the study of both in Ireland for many years. Her work forms part of an overall national strategy to promote Sino-Irish relations in the fields of culture, education and business.  She is a former Chair of the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival and is currently a council member with the Ireland China Business Association. She is the author of Access to Foreign Languages in Second-level Schools (1990) and is a Board Member of the Ireland China Institute. 首页

罗里 奎恩 中文网页正在建设中，请稍后再试 罗里 奎恩 ICI Board Member With over forty years as a politician, policy maker, Europhile and activist, Ruairí Quinn’s political experience is broad reaching. After studying architecture at University College Dublin and the University of Athens, he joined the Labour Party in 1965 and won a seat in Dublin City Council in 1974. While working as an architect, he developed a keen interest in environmental issues. He was elected a Labour Party TD (Parliament Member) in 1977, and from there on he served as government Minister in the departments of Finance, Education, Enterprise and Employment, Public Service, the Environment and Labour and Urban Affairs. A staunch believer in a strong and unified Europe, Quinn was President of the Ecofin Council of the European Union in 1996 and worked hard to strengthen Ireland’s role in the EU. He played a major part in the successful instigation of Europe’s single Currency, and secured Ireland’s qualification for it. He continued his deep interest in European Affairs and was a key player in European Movement Ireland. He was Head of the Irish Labour Party from 1997-2002 and is currently Vice-President and Treasurer of the Party of European Socialists. He also teaches as adjunct Professor in Trinity College Business School. Since 2017, Ruairí Quinn has been the Chairperson of the Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA) and this year joined the board of the Ireland China Institute. 首页

中文网页正在建设中，请稍后再试 玛丽 欧伯恩, ICI Chairperson Marie O'Brien is a partner in the Banking & Finance department specialising in asset finance and leasing and Head of the ALG China Business Group. Marie travels to China regularly to meet with Chinese clients, government agencies and to speak at seminars. Marie regularly presents on Irish-Sino business topics in Ireland and China, and is the firm representative member of the Ireland China Business Association. Marie also regularly lectures in Universities and on Law Society of Ireland courses and Diplomas in the area of asset finance. Marie is Head of the ALG Chinese lawyer programme which sees senior Chinese lawyers work in ALG on a rotation basis. This Programme and has been recognised by both the Irish and Chinese Governments as a very positive and innovative initiative to further develop the business relationship between Ireland and China. Marie is very experienced in advising Chinese companies in relation to the establishment and operation of their business in Ireland and in particular in relation to the acquisition, leasing, financing and trading of a variety of asset classes including aircraft, engines, helicopters, ship, rail, machinery and equipment and on aircraft leasing joint ventures. 首页 玛丽 欧伯恩

中文网页正在建设中，请稍后再试 肯 达根  主席 Ken Duggan has been doing business in China for thirteen years, having successfully established an Irish Pub in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, as well as other investments and interests in Yiwu, Guangzhou, Dalian, Anshan, Shanghai, Beijing, Shijiazhang , Qingdao and Zhejiang province. In 2009 he set up his own consultancy, Chinaportal, which is firmly established as a market leader doing business in China. He accompanied the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese on her visit to Shanghai’s Expo 2010 and also joined the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny TD (Taoiseach) on a trade mission to China in March 2012. Ken has sourced a diverse and wide range of products in China on behalf of Chinaportal’s Irish and international clients and is currently working with several Irish and Chinese companies seeking retail and investment opportunities in both countries. Ken is a former Chairman of the Ireland China Business Association, and also a former Chairman of the Ireland China Institute. He graduated from UCD with a philosophy degree, from Trinity College with a Masters degree and is currently completing a Ph.D in Educational Management in Trinity College, Dublin. He previously worked as a Post primary School Principal and was also the first Director of the Irish Refugee Council. Ken is a Senior Research Fellow at the Sino-European Research Centre for Creative Economy based in the Confucius Institute, UCD, Dublin. 首页 肯  达根  主席